Protesters put up barricades in Oaxaca
I know I am probably the ump-teenth person to blog about an article on Oaxaca but I just can't help it. Not Only is it a major issue right now but also this article reminds me alot of what we just read regarding Guatemala. The rhetoric that is used in articles and the biased opinions that fill our news everyday is, in my opinion, astonishing. I think I have said it before in another blog, but ever since studying further into Latin America and political issues in general, it is amazing how aware I am now of the twists and turns put on a stiory by the media. I am sceptical about what I read from now on regardless if it a "reliable source" or not.
For me, the reason why this article instantly has ressonance of the rhetoric used in Guatemala is because it is saying two things. At first it opens the article by claiming that, "Some of the barricades torn down by federal police went back up Tuesday as protesters regrouped, and at least one federal official acknowledged that this city besieged by striking teachers and anarchists remained outside government control." Further into the article it continued its picture of upheaval and chaos by saying, "demonstrators hijacked a small bulldozer, doused it with gasoline and set it ablaze, then hurled rocks at police officers who left the Zocalo to extinguish the fire."
Cars burn after they were set on fire by members of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) in downtown Oaxaca, Mexico, on Sunday
Photograph by : Associated Press
However the article gives mixed messages because it then decides to explain that there is "a sign that tensions had diminished somewhat, the columns of riot-shield-carrying federal police who had blocked access to the central square on Tuesday morning began allowing residents and business owners to pass through it." And that teachers have agreed to go back to school on Monday. Followed by the President Vicente Fox's insistence Monday that "social order and peace has been restored" to the capital.
What confuses me is that Mexico's Congress has joined the calls for Ruiz to step down, passing a nonbinding resolution Monday to that effect. However the governor has refused, and is protesting the congressional action in federal court, saying it violates his state's sovereignty. Therefore if the Govenor is refusing to step down and there are still protestors in the street burning things then how is it possible that "social order and peace has been restored"?
Any thoughts?
tag: last301
For me, the reason why this article instantly has ressonance of the rhetoric used in Guatemala is because it is saying two things. At first it opens the article by claiming that, "Some of the barricades torn down by federal police went back up Tuesday as protesters regrouped, and at least one federal official acknowledged that this city besieged by striking teachers and anarchists remained outside government control." Further into the article it continued its picture of upheaval and chaos by saying, "demonstrators hijacked a small bulldozer, doused it with gasoline and set it ablaze, then hurled rocks at police officers who left the Zocalo to extinguish the fire."
Cars burn after they were set on fire by members of the Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO) in downtown Oaxaca, Mexico, on SundayPhotograph by : Associated Press
However the article gives mixed messages because it then decides to explain that there is "a sign that tensions had diminished somewhat, the columns of riot-shield-carrying federal police who had blocked access to the central square on Tuesday morning began allowing residents and business owners to pass through it." And that teachers have agreed to go back to school on Monday. Followed by the President Vicente Fox's insistence Monday that "social order and peace has been restored" to the capital.
What confuses me is that Mexico's Congress has joined the calls for Ruiz to step down, passing a nonbinding resolution Monday to that effect. However the governor has refused, and is protesting the congressional action in federal court, saying it violates his state's sovereignty. Therefore if the Govenor is refusing to step down and there are still protestors in the street burning things then how is it possible that "social order and peace has been restored"?
Any thoughts?
tag: last301
posted by Rhett at 11:39 PM
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